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Car music: What are the 10 best songs for driving?

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Drivers don't touch that dial -- except to turn up the volume -- when "Don't Stop Believin' " and other songs are on the radio, according to a survey of favorite driving music.
(Jerry McCrea/The Star-Ledger)

It's the soundtrack for the final scene of "The Sopranos," the background music while Tony and his family occupy a booth at a Jersey diner, chomping onion rings as Tony's daughter makes a mockery of parallel parking and a mysterious guy in a Members Only jacket looks around.

Not only is Journey's "Don't Stop Believin' " the song The Sopranos creator chose to use during the fade to black of the epic show, it's the song we choose to crank up when it plays on the car radio.

The iconic Jersey song, Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run," came in at 9 on the list.

The survey of 2,000 drivers gave respondents a list of songs and asked them to choose up to five of the best and worst songs for driving. Tomorrow, we will list the 10 worst songs for driving.

Here are the 10 best songs for driving, along with the percentage of respondents who voted it as a favorite (percentages total more than 100 because respondents were allowed to select up to five songs).

1. "Don't Stop Believin' " by Journey: 30 percent

2. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen: 27 percent

3. "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC: 22 percent

3. "Any Way You Want It" by Journey: 22 percent

5. "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane: 21 percent

6. "Dancing Queen" by ABBA: 19 percent

7. "American Girl" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 16 percent

8. "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson: 15 percent

9. "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen: 14 percent

9. "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival: 14 percent

The top write-in choices were "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC, "Radar Love" by Golden Earring and "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar, according to Insurance.com.

Which songs do you think should have made the cut? Please list your choices in the comments below.